14/10/2015 Pagham Harbour with the Brighton and District RSPB Local Group

Wednesday 14th October 2015
Pagham Harbour, West Sussex
Brighton and District RSPB Local Group Monthly Outing

Spent a lovely 4 hours or so on the south coast at Pagham Harbour - one of our best sites in West Sussex. 

Right from the start we saw some really good birds:

• On the Ferry Pool there was a Green Sandpiper, 10+ Golden Plovers and 25+ Black-Godwits as well as the usual suspects.  With a low tide there was no sign of the Avocets.

•   A lovely Kingfisher halted our progress as we tried to move out into the reserve.  It perched on the pipe spanning the inlet, providing us with lovely views for some considerable time.

• A Spotted Redshank, in one of the channels, was a delightful find as we made our way out towards the spit at Church Norton.

• At least 14 Avocets were seen, hunkering down in the muddy reed bed.

• My bird of the day was a Little Grebe, in stunning plumage, among the reeds, again as we walked out towards Church Norton from the visitor's centre.

• Over 40 Red-legged Partridges were seen in the fields.

• The Brent Geese were out in force with 40+ seen.

• A smashing Whimbrel was seen from by the concrete blocks by the spit.

 

Today's Species List
Avocet
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Brent Goose
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chiffchaff
Coot
Cormorant
Curlew
Dunlin
Dunnock
Gadwall
Golden Plover
Goldfinch
Great Crested Grebe
Green Sandpiper
Grey Heron
Grey Plover
Greylag Goose
Herring Gull
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Lapwing
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Oystercatcher
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pintail
Razorbill
Red-legged Partridge
Redshank
Robin
Rook
Shelduck
Shoveler
Spotted Redshank
Starling
Stonechat
Swallow
Teal
Turnstone
Whimbrel
Whinchat
Wigeon
Woodpigeon
(56)

Quite a species list today indicating a great range of birds on view.